Skenea_areolata

<i>Skenea areolata</i>

Skenea areolata

Species of gastropod

Skenea areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

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Description

The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The solid, semipellucid, white shell is widely, perspectively umbilicated. It is finely spirally lirate, crossed by close incremental stripe. The three whorls are convex, and moderately increasing in size. The aperture is orbicular. The peristome is thin.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and arctic Norway.

References

  1. [1]
    Skenea areolata (Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Sars G. O., 1878: Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges arktiske fauna: 1. Mollusca regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske region forekommende bloddyr ; Christiania, A.W. Brøgger XV + 466 p., 34 pl
  • "Skenea areolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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